Comment by dvfjsdhgfv
7 years ago
They have no choice, Linux already won big time on the server, so the only way was to embrace it in a way that would bring them money. And they succeeded big time. Now most young developers don't remember all the dirty tactics used year after year by MS to kill all competition, whether commercial or open source.
Also consider the amount of people leaving and joining Microsoft since than as well as the possibility that lots of the old people a) didn't like everything Microsoft did back then and b) are capable of changing and developing over the years.